Local News

By GAIL OBER, LACONIA DAILY SUN
BELMONT — School administrators from all over the Lakes Region breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday night when they learned that First Student Inc. had signed a contract with its workers at the Belmont facility.
The employees, who are represented by Teamsters Local 633 of Manchester, had been working without a contract and had threatened to strike the company in an effort to settle some wage and pension issues.
"This was... Read more

Letters

To The Daily Sun,
Once again James Veverka is exposing his kneejerk reactions to anything any conservative might say or write. In Wednesday's paper, James challenges not me but the scientific community, though his target was, of course, me He said I am a perfect example of Dunning-Kruger. For those unfamiliar with it, Dunning and Kruger wrote a dissertation years ago explaining that no one knows what we don't know. It applies equally to all people... Read more

Announcements

PLYMOUTH — If you are thinking about what you might want to do on Christmas Day, with yourself or your small family, you are invited to join others at the Plymouth Senior Center, 8 Depot St., Plymouth, for a buffet style holiday meal.
Dinner will be served promptly at 1 p.m., but doors will be open at 12:30 p.m.
The meal is free, but you must be one of the first 75 people to RSVP by Friday... Read more

Obituaries

CAMPTON — Mrs. Eleanor Frances (Walker) Dunn, 84, of Campton, died at Lakes Region General Hospital on Dec. 6, 2016.
She was born in Center Harbor on Sept. 15, 1932, the daughter of Benjamin and Margaret Walker. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Arnold C. Dunn of Campton; six children: David Daoust, Deborah St. Jean, Donna Jones, Gary Daoust, Diane Daoust, and Theresa Stendor and husband Bill; several grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, all who... Read more

Columns

Documentaries, plays and grand operas will be written about what was done to Hillary Clinton in the election of 2016. Some normal mistakes were mixed in with her many accomplishments, but there was nothing normal about her treatment by political foes and many of the respectable media alike.
The gang-up on Clinton amounted to political torture, the likes of which will be remembered for generations. That makes Hillary Clinton the Martyr of the Year.
Clinton entered the... Read more